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AFP – President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi has dramatically restructured Yemen’s military to curb the influence of those linked to toppled strongman Abdullah Ali Saleh with the strong backing of Yemen’s Gulf neighbours. In a series of decisions announced late on Wednesday, Hadi scrapped the elite Republican Guard.